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Calls for victims to report post-Brexit racist attacks in South Yorkshire

The senior leadership team at South Yorkshire Police has said it is aware of concerns about a rise in incidents of religious and racial abuse following the recent EU Referendum.

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The force is urging anyone affected by hate crime or who is a victim of abuse to report it, saying it can make a big difference, not only in helping prevent someone else being a victim, but also allowing the police to understand what is going on in our communities and the best way to respond.

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Images of Sheffield's past on display on the Moor

Kate Linderholm

BBC Local Live, Sheffield

A selection of images from the late photographer Martin Jenkinson's archives taken in and around Sheffield from the 1980s to 2011 are now on display in the former Adams shop windows (opposite the back of Debenhams) until the end of July.

"If we'd 'closed the borders' 24 years ago, I would never have made one of the best friendships I've ever experienced. I was seeing a lot of negative things on Facebook by a lot of people who I think hadn't been friends with someone of a different race before, so I wanted to challenge that a little bit.

Your Views: On Chris Evans leaving Top Gear

Chris is an entertainer and in his environment of high energy Friday night fun and frivolity there is no one better, but that just didn't transfer although a massive petrol head. I am a great fan of both TG and Evans. Maybe the BBC gave him too much creative licence at the start. Good luck to TG and Chris Evans and move on.

Richard Tomlinson

I could cope with the Yank, he's half decent, the rest of the crew were OK but Chris Evans? That voice of his is like a foghorn, two volumes, shout and bellow. Can put the ear defenders away now. So either bring back Clarkson and Co or scrap it completely.

Andrew Twynham

Never liked the old TG - can't bear Clarkson, but love Chris Evans and really hoped it would go well for him. Sorry it hasn't but well done Chris for bowing out gracefully - take no notice of the Clarkson sycophants

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Watch: Bolsover Hospital closure meeting

Andy Kershaw

BBC Radio Sheffield News

200 people packed a public meeting last night to hear about plans to close Bolsover Hospital in North Derbyshire. The NHS Hardwick Commissioners say they want to provide more services in and around people's homes rather than in expensive buildings.

Police hunt men responsible for two muggings in Conisbrough

Three men pulled up in a silver car on Gardens Lane at 21:30 and kicked and hit thier first victim, taking his wallet and iPhone.

Five mintues later a teenager walking along Station Road with his girlfriend was grabbed round the neck, punched and had his ear bitten. They went through his pockets and grabbed his girlfriend's handbag.

In both cases the assaults were aggressive and unprovoked and the victims are receiving support from specialist officers. We are following a number of lines of enquiry, including reviewing CCTV, to try and establish who is responsible. If anyone did see or hear anything please do make contact.”

Cross-cultural frienship in Doncaster highlighted in poster campaign

When Lauren Docherty from Doncaster wrote a Facebook post about her friend Faiza, she didn't expect it to end up in bus stops across the country.

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But Facebook spotted how popular it was and decided to use it for their 'changing minds' campaign against hate crime. It reads:

Hi world, recent events in the world have made me want to post this... This is Faiza Chowdhury, she's my best friend, today she turns 24. I could tell you lots of things about her...but those aren't the things you'll see when you look at this photo. I could tell you that she's incredibly witty, that she's a Ravenclaw, that she's really clumsy, or that she's kindhearted. But those aren't things that you'll see when you look at this photo. Faiza isn't a terrorist. She isn't oppressed. She doesn't support ISIS, she doesn't want us all to stop eating bacon, she doesn't think we should all learn her language, or stop wearing poppies. She doesn't claim benefits, and she doesn't hate this country. Faiza teaches our children, so that they can pass exams and go to university.

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Hundreds of babies in Yorkshire born drug-dependent

A BBC Yorkshire investigation shows that 741 babies have been born addicted to drugs across Yorkshire over the past four years.

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South Yorkshire saw 47 babies born addicted to drugs in 2011/12 and 39 in 2015/16.

Nicola from Doncaster was involved in drugs and prostitution and had 4 children.

Her two youngest were both born suffering the effect of her drug use:

When they're born they start screaming and they start with the jidders, they're shaking everything and they're sick and it's not nice to see. We don't want our kids addicted to anything, none of us do but because of the situation we find ourselves in, everybody finds it hard."